Newbek Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Newbek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Newbek Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Newbek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Newbek Come From? nationality or country of origin

Newbek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻮﺑﻚ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Newbek? popularity and diffusion

Newbek is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Newbek is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Newbek reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

Newbek is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania Newbek is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 50 percent live, Brakna Region, where 25 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 25 percent live. Aside from Mauritania it is found in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Newbeck92129/
Nawbek831/
Nowbek831/
Nowbeck772/
Nevbeck771/
Newbick770/
Newbig671/
Nevbäck6211/
Nibbeck621/
Nevuex501/

Newbek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Newbek in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻧﻮﺑﻚnwbk-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Newbek
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